I Knew You - Future Islands

We walked into the pines

And sat amongst the graves

You told me you'd been fine

Since I poisoned your life

And it was so good to hear

After so many years

Not for the pain

But to hear you say anything real

Well I've been working nights

In and out of fights and flights

Kites in storms

Forgot this war

———

When I had to run

We didn't leave it all said and done

But will it be tonight?

Something in the cold of your eyes says, "Tonight."

I knew you

I knew you as you were, not as you are

You knew me too

But I'm not the same, it's not the way

The way, you're used to

———

You asked me to stay

Asked me to stay awake, 'til the morning breaks

In someone else's place

But I fell to sleep

Ashamed of where I shouldn't be

Woke to you shaking me

He drove all night to find you

I think that you knew

He'd drive all night

Cuz all that you sighed

Was, "what if ‘Long Flight’ was about you?"

But it was and it was about you too

———

Then I had to run

And now we'll leave it all said and done

What did you think he'd find?

Something in the cold of your eyes said, "Goodbye."

I knew you

I knew you as you were, not as you are

You knew me too

But it's not the same -- not the way

The way, you used to

I knew you

Not like I used to